Smart Smiles
Educators! The mouth is the gateway to the body and keeping it clean and healthy helps prevent bigger issues, like cavities, that may affect other conditions. Teaching good oral health habits early is one way you can help! The Delta Dental of Virginia Foundation provides several resources below to help make it possible to provide important oral health lessons to your students:
- Smart Smiles is the Delta Dental of Virginia Foundation's oral health curriculum for grades K-5. There are videos, worksheets and lessons tied specifically to Virginia SOLs available on this page below. You can teach all of the lessons or pull from the ones that you think would interest your students the most.
- The Delta Dental Institute has partnered with PBS Kids to provide a website with additional dental health resources. To help you quickly locate resources that align with Virginia's SOLs on this website, we have created the Dental Health Resource Guide that offers 5-10 lessons per grade (K-5).
deltadentalva.com/foundation/smart-smiles.html
Other Resources
Activity Sheets
Floss Word Search
Flossing Challenge
Brushing Fun
Additional Educational Information
Plaque and Tooth Decay (English | Spanish)
Nutrition and Oral Health (English | Spanish)
Baby or Primary Teeth (Spanish)
Brush Up on Oral Health (English)
Fluorosis Facts (English)
Common Questions About Fluoride (English)
Brushing Your Child's Teeth (English | Spanish)
Baby Teeth Care (English | Spanish)
3 Video Healthy Habits
Healthy Habit All Stars: How to Brush
Healthy Habit All Stars: How to Floss
Healthy Habit All Stars: How to Prevent Cavities